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By Esme StallardClimate and Science Correspondent, BBC NewsMarch 5, 2023, 02:44 GMTUpdated 27 minutes agoimage source, Good picturesAfter 10 years of

The first international agreement to protect the world's oceans for 40 years has been reached.

In a couple of years. esme stallard, bbc news. minna epps, the head of the oceans team at the international union for conservation of nature, joined me earlier to discuss the significance of the treaty. i think a historic milestone for ocean protection the safety of the countries of the world came together and found common ground and agreed on a text for a treaty for high seas to protect them in terms of conservation and sustainable use on marine biological diversity. how do you get 193 states t...

Ocean conservationists expressed elation late Saturday after it was announced—following nearly two decades of consideration and effort—that delegates from around the world had agreed to language for a far-reaching global treaty aimed at protecting the biodiversity on the high seas and in the deep oc...

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Esme stallard, bbc news. lets get more now on this high seas treaty with minna epps, the head of the oceans team at the international union for conservation of nature. hellenic hello. my first question just to put into context what was achieved today? i into context what was achieved toda ? ~ ., , ., . , ., today? i think a historic milestone for ocean protection _ today? i think a historic milestone for ocean protection the _ today? i think a historic milestone for ocean protection the safety i...

Nations have reached a historic agreement to protect the world's oceans following ten years of negotiations. The High Seas Treaty aims to place 30 per cent of the seas into protected areas by 2030, to safeguard and recuperate marine nature. The agreement was reached on Saturday evening, after 38 hours of talks, at UN headquarters in New York. The negotiations had been held up for years over disagreements on funding …

The world’s ocean are being threatened by issues ranging overfishing to deep-sea mining.

UNITED NATIONS, United States: UN member states have much work to do to finally agree a treaty to protect the high seas before scheduled negotiations close in five days, participants and observers say. After 15 years of formal and informal talks, delegates have been meeting in New York since February 20 for the third “final” negotiating round in less than a year. “There was

UN member states have much work to do to finally agree a treaty to protect the high seas before scheduled negotiations close in five days, participants and